Breech-loading fire-arm



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H. ALLENDER.

BREEGH LOADING FIRE ARM.

N0. 303,411. Patented Aug. 12, 1884.-

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H. ALLENDER. v BREBGH LOADING FIRE ARM.

Patented Au 12, 1884;

ings, which form a part of this specification. This invention. relates to an improvement ajectedandretractcd. Fig. 4 is a plan of the- Jock detached. ,Fig. 5 is across-section online V breech-frame, and O the stock The barrels arehinged to the breech-frame in the usual I action ofth-c hammers, fifth, to the arrangedismount them fromthe' gun-stock.

specification, Figure 1 is a vertical central sectionlof the .breech. Figs. 2vand 3 are deyy, Fig. 1. Fig. 7

trigger and scars. .Fig. Sis avertical ecutral section ofzFig. 7.

. isplaeed on topof the breech-frame, and is To ml/r who'mi it may conccrn Re it known that I, IIENRY ALLENDER, of Detroit, 'in the county of WVayne and State of Michigamhave invented new and useful Improvements in Hammerless Fire-Arms; and I do hereby-declare that thefollowing is a full, clear; and exact description thereof, rcfeiw enee being had'to the accompanying drawinbreeclvloading fire-arms,;and refers more third, to an improved safety-guard; fourth, to devices for automatically alternating the ment of the parts of thelocks, so as to easily In' the drawings which ,accompany this tached plans showing the action-bolt p'row w, Fig-:1; 'Fig. 6 is a cross-section on line is a detached plan of the A is the rear end of the barrels, B the vD vandE are two lugs on the under side of the barrels, and Fis the action-bolt, which is moved by the action-lever G. This .lever Gr pivotallyheld in place by its pivot-pin, a, This sleeve I) is provided with a slotted toe, c, which engages with a pin, (1, near the rear end of the action-bolt F. The aetion-bolt F is arectangular bar, and slides in a corresponding recess, 0, in the breech, and is also HENRY ALLENDER, or" DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

B REECH-LOADING FIRE-ARNL' SPFEQIEIGATIONfQrming part of Letters Patent No. 303,411, dated August 12, 1884.

" T Application filed April 3, 1884. (No model.)

adapted to engage with and slide laterally in corresponding recesses, f f, in thelugs D and E.

g is a radial groove in the lug E, and h h are recesses in the action-bolt F. When the action-bolt is projected, as shown in Fig. 2, it engages into the recesses ff of the lugs D and E, and firmly locks the, barrels in place; but when retracted, as shown in Fig. 3, the barrels may be tipped, as the radial groove 9 in the lug E registers with the action-bolt. By the arrangement just described but little lateral movement of the action-bolt is required to firmly lock the barrels. Y

Q is a tumbler sleeved centrally upon the bolt Its forward end projects through the breech-frame and into a slot, j upon the lower end of the lug E, and engages therein upon the transverse pin 70.

H H are the'hammers' sleeved upon the bolt i, one upon eachside of the tumblerQ. They are-concealed within, the breech-frame, and. are adapted to strike the cartridges through proper-openings in the breech; Jfhe tumbler Q and the hammers H v H engage with each other by means'of their hubs, which are provided at'their meeting faces with spurs or teeth m, in the manner of a clutch, with this difference, thatthere is a certain amount of lost motion in the engagement between the "tumbler and the hammers, so that in operaai'ter thehammers are cocked by the tip:

tion,

of the barrels, they will not be inter- -fered with by the tumbler when released by the trigger.

I are the scars or dogs which'hold the haminers in their cocked position. M are the mainsprings. N are the sear sprin gs, (which in the drawing form a continuation of the; mainsprings,) and (3 are the swivels by means of which the mainsprings' operate the hammers. The rear ends of the dogs or sears'are provided with offsctsln, which '0 ve'rhang the ratchet disk 1?. This latter is supported upou, the bedplate It, and is providedoii the underside with a pintle, 0, around which itjcan revolve, in the manner of a. turii-tablef-j 'Aroun'd its periphery the or projections, p, which are placed concentrically near the outer edge of the disk and form an odd number. S is atrigger. it is sleeved disk P-ispr'ovided with ratehetteeth, and upon its top it has a-series'ef lugs centrally upon the same bolt, i upon which the dogs are sleeved, and works through a slot in the bed-plate R. It is provided with the usual trigger-guardand does duty for both har'nnlers.

' The tail end of the trigger. is turned up and provided with the incline s, which is adapted to engage with the pin it. to a sliding plate, a, which is held to the bedplate R by an undercut mortise, or in any other suitable way. T is a little pawl pivot-v ally secured to the sliding plate a, and adapted to engage upon the ratchet-face of the disk I.--

In practice the tipping of .the barrels, for the purpose of loading or reloading, cocks both hammers; but it will be seen that the offsets n on the rear ends of the dogs are always in dif-' ferent positions in relation to the lugs p of the little disk underneath-that is, the end of one dog is right over one of these lugs, while the end Qfthe other-dog is over the interval between the twol u gs, and when the trigger is actu tion of the trigger As the ratchet-teeth arejust double the "number of the lugs 1'), it is clear that the dogs will be alternately released by the trigger, and thus correct the evil habit of some sportsmen to use the same barrel right along for single shots; If the sportsman should,- however, desire to use only one barrel, he can easily effect the desired object by lifting the trigger just enoughto turn thedisk 1? one notch without lifting it.'

I The two actions of the triggerthat is, first, I the turning of the'disk P and then the lifting .up of the samefor releasing-one of the dogs-.- are perfectly distinct and succeed each other; but in practice the sanie facility of "discharging the shot is obtained as with the ordinary trigger.

The safety-guard consist-s of the two swinging shutters T T, which are pivotally secured to the breech-frame at w, as shown in Fig. 6.

They have interlocking heels, so as tomake them swing together, and one is provided with a little socket, 2, into which the inner end of thehand-lever U is stepped. .Thishand le ver is concealed in the stock; but itsfre'e end projects outside and on top, so that when the gun is brought into firing position the hand which grasps the breech of the gun will naturally closeover the projecting end of the lever and depress it sufficiently tomake the. shutters T T disclose the openings through which the hammers strike the cartridges. The tension of a little spring acting upon the hand-lever U will normally keep the shutters YT closed. The bed-plate R is hinged .to the breech-frame by means of the bolts Z Z, and

This pin tis secured if the bolt Z is withdrawn the bed-plate may beswung out of the breech-frame around'the bolts l. Thus 'by'withdrawing one bolt the whole lock of the gun can be exposedto view;

and all -the parts are accessible for the pnrpose of cleaning andoiling. I

What I. claimas myinvention is- 1; In a device for alternately discharging the two barrels of a fire-arm by'a single trigger and a pair of sears,,a revolving table int'erposed between the trigger and the sears,

and having a'series of recesses" in combination wan-apes of. sears, one' end of one sefafbeing arranged to be over a recess insaid table 'when .theend' of the other'sear is between two recesses in the'same, and a trigger constructed and arranged to move said table andoperate each sear alternately, substantially as described. I i 2. 'Inabreech-loading fire-arlnhavi'ng tilting barrels, the combination of the lugE, de-

pending from the rear of the barrel, having alateral recess, f, and radialrecess g, with the laterallyrsliding actions-bolt F, having recesses h h, all so arranged that the lug Emaybe disengaged from the action-bolt by making the latter. register therewith,

substantially as set forth.

- 3. The device for cooking" the gun by the tilting of the barrelaiconSisting of, a tumbler engaging with the'breechse'nd-of the barrel,

- and en gagingalso, by ineans eisiiitabledevices, as m,-.-with thelhammersmhieh;together-withY said tumbler, are sleevednpon thesame bolt,"

but'independentfrom each other,'substantiallyassetforth. f 1 1 4;. In a breechdoading fire-arm having tilt ing barrels, the combination, with the lug E,-

.havi'ng slot j and pink, of the tumbler -Q,{en-.

gaging with'said slot and pin, of the bolt 11 and hammers H,'-and ot-interrupted clutches by ineans of which the hub of the tumbler engages with the 'hubs 'of the hammers, substantially as set forth.

I 5. In a device 'for alternately discharging the two barrels'of a firearm by a single trigger and a pair of sears, a revolving table in terposed between .the trigger and thesears, and havinga series of recesses, in combination with a pair of sears, one end of one sear being arranged to be over a recess in said table when theend of the other sear is between two recesses in the same, and a trigger constructed and arranged to move said table around its axis, and then lengthwise thereofand operate eachsear-alternately, substantially as de-- scribed. i I v 6'. In a devicei'or discharging alternately the two-barrels of a breech-loading-fire arm by means of a single trigger, a turn-table acting directly upon the scars and placed between the rear ends of'the same andthe trigger, and adapted to receive and transmit, by contact, the motion of the trigger, in combination with the sliding plate u, arm t,attaehed thereto, and arranged to engage with the incline s of the triggerarm, whereby said plate is reciprocated,and the pawl T, attached to said plate u; to transmit its motion to the turn-table for e1 ternating the contacts between it and the sears by the initial motion of the trigger, substantially is set forth. l

7. A device for alternating; the discharges of it doublc-harreled fire-arm-bymeanspf a. single trigger, consistingof the following combination of elenicntsz ratchet-disk P, having a series of contacts and depressions upon its upi per farce, pintle 0 upon itslowerface, trigger of which is' arrenged toextend over the disk v S pivoted toengagewith the lovwe'rj'end .ofthe pintle 0,.an'd provided withen incline, s, at

rachet-disk P, sears I, having ofl'sets n, each P, the one directly over a contact, p, and the other over a recess betweenthe said. contacts,

whereby when the table is elevated only one sear is disengaged from its hammer, as set forth. 3 I I v 8. In a safety-guard, thecombination of the when the gun is held in firing position the hand will naturally-close ever said projecting end; substantially as set forth. H

p HENRY ALLENDER.

Witnesses w r H. s.-SPRAGUE,

CHARLES J. Hum. 

